Man lucky to be alive after deadly octopus bite
A Perth man is lucky to be alive after being bitten by one of the ocean’s most venomous creatures.
Mitchell Ogg, 28, was pulling up a cray pot while on a boat near Garden Island with his older brother on Friday when he felt the bite of a blue-ringed octopus.
“When you think you’ve got six minutes to live the panic kicks in,” Mr Ogg said.
“I was talking to the family and missus and if it was left up to me – I probably wouldn’t have been sitting here.”
Luckily, Mr Ogg made it to nearby Garden Island and was treated by Navy paramedics before being taken to hospital.
His partner Stevie-Jay Harrison shared her gratitude on Facebook.
“We got so lucky today, someone must be watching over him! So glad my love is still here,” she wrote.
“Please be vigilant of blue rings they are usually fatal.”
The blue ringed octopus has enough poison to kill 26 people.
